Dear Bob, here are some photos of my life here on the campus of Concordia Seminary. I love kids, working with the grounds crew, swimming, playing with my dog friends, and especially my own family people.

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August 10, 2017

Cooking tips

Food Network puts out a magazine each month which is chock full of information, photos and even quizzes. Unlike many magazine this one isn't full of ads. The September issue has several pages featuring cooking tips they've received from readers and many are fun and helpful. Here are a few I will definitely use.

If your butter is cold and hard which makes it difficult to spread on bread muffins or bagels, use a vegetable peeler to pull off thin strips.

Put foil on the inside of a Dutch Oven lid so you won't have to wash it. This one I will do for sure.

Several tips suggest adding a shot espresso to chili or a bit of instant coffee granules to gravy for a richer flavor.

An egg slicer cuts up mushrooms into even sized slices.

Once or twice a year I make a vegetable lasagna and it calls for a package of frozen spinach which has been thawed. This means having to squeeze the water out of the spinach and that is a bit of a pain. One tip advises using a potato ricer to squeeze out the water. I'm not sure I have a ricer, I used to, but if I can't find it I may go get one. They're very cheap and, it seems, worth it for spinach alone.

This one made me laugh, but since I don't like handling raw poultry, I may just try this. Use plastic grocery bags as gloves when you have to prepare raw poultry. Put one on each hand and supposedly you have mobility and lots of wiggle room. Toss them when done.